I have 3 pages on my site that are each creating three mobile usability problems as reported in my search console. The problems are "Touch elements too close", "Viewport not co
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I'm not understanding mobile usability error in wmt?
I have 3 pages on my site that are each creating three mobile usability problems as reported in my search console. The problems are "Touch elements too close", "Viewport not co
John, these errors are caused because the elements are not present in your theme code. Viewport is a meta tag in the page header. Without it, the other two issues will occur. I am not familiar with MH Newsdesk. Is it a "mobile-friendly" theme?
I believe it is, I was wondering though whether they held back some useful stuff for their paid version. I'm really not that attached to it so was thinking about changing it.
Thanks for your help!
John
Most theme companies do hold back a little on the free themes. However there are many themes that are " mobile-friendly." I tend to stay with the basic theme stuff as they load fast and Google likes it that way. Alex
http://backpackswithalex.siterubix.com
Hi Alex,
That sounds like good advice to me, I'll take a look at some other theme options and see if I can find a better one.
Thanks again
John
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I've had mixed results with ranking my posts as some short (around 500 words) and long (over 1500 words) posts have ranked well, but equally other short and long posts have str
All my first page rankings are 2,000+ word posts.
I'm a big believer in long copy ranks better.
Check this out:
http://blog.serpiq.com/how-important-is-content-length-why-data-driven-seo-trumps-guru-opinions/
It's a study on content length and rankings.
Hi Julian,
That was what I was starting to think as well.
As I said in my question, I've had mixed results so far, but that could be down to competition and possibly the quality of my writing, however I was leaning towards the idea that more words is better.
Thanks for your help
John
Just had a quick read through it, very interesting data analysis. Will go back and read it properly!
Thanks
John
There is no best number. Many things affect how your posts rank and I don't think the number words always helps.
I have posts under 600 words that rank great and 1,000 word articles that don't. If every post in the top 10 for a given phrase is over 1,000 words, you probably need to be close to that.
Little competition may not mater as much.
This all my opinion and I can't prove a word of it. Just my experience :)
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What is your best number of words for a post?
I've had mixed results with ranking my posts as some short (around 500 words) and long (over 1500 words) posts have ranked well, but equally other short and long posts have str
All my first page rankings are 2,000+ word posts.
I'm a big believer in long copy ranks better.
Check this out:
http://blog.serpiq.com/how-important-is-content-length-why-data-driven-seo-trumps-guru-opinions/
It's a study on content length and rankings.
Hi Julian,
That was what I was starting to think as well.
As I said in my question, I've had mixed results so far, but that could be down to competition and possibly the quality of my writing, however I was leaning towards the idea that more words is better.
Thanks for your help
John
Just had a quick read through it, very interesting data analysis. Will go back and read it properly!
Thanks
John
There is no best number. Many things affect how your posts rank and I don't think the number words always helps.
I have posts under 600 words that rank great and 1,000 word articles that don't. If every post in the top 10 for a given phrase is over 1,000 words, you probably need to be close to that.
Little competition may not mater as much.
This all my opinion and I can't prove a word of it. Just my experience :)
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I had previously verified my website "property" with webmaster tools and had been reviewing my traffic data quite happily and then all of a sudden when I logged in to WMT it said m
I always use FTP to verify with Google and Yahoo/Bing. How to Verify Your Website With Google, Yahoo & Bing Using FTP If you use your SEO plugin instead and change to a different one - verification gone!
If you edit your theme for verification and your theme gets updated - verification gone! ~Marion
Hi Marion,
That was my problem as I verified through the SEO plugin and the theme updated, thanks for the FTP tip too.
Apologies for the delayed thanks you!
Best wishes
John
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Webmaster tools unverified my website?
I had previously verified my website "property" with webmaster tools and had been reviewing my traffic data quite happily and then all of a sudden when I logged in to WMT it said m
I always use FTP to verify with Google and Yahoo/Bing. How to Verify Your Website With Google, Yahoo & Bing Using FTP If you use your SEO plugin instead and change to a different one - verification gone!
If you edit your theme for verification and your theme gets updated - verification gone! ~Marion
Hi Marion,
That was my problem as I verified through the SEO plugin and the theme updated, thanks for the FTP tip too.
Apologies for the delayed thanks you!
Best wishes
John
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Hi everyone,
I'm finding the new comment system much easier to work with and am getting a controlled stream of comments to my site, which is great.
I know that Google
Absolutely! And remember the goal is to add new post frequently to your site. So this shows more interaction between you and your readers. Over time you become an expert in your field. Go for it. Don't stop asking for comments!!
Yes (short answer). Longer answer, yes until you get enough organic traffic to get comments naturally. Your ranking in Google will improve as you get more comments. So keep asking for comments on every new post you write. ~Marion
Once you are engaging with customers/readers, you won't need to use the comments system here much, if at all. It's just to give you a head start with google rankings, because they love engagement and will show your site to more people.
So to cut it short, the more comments you get on each article or post the better.
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Should we ask for comments on our sites forever?
Hi everyone,
I'm finding the new comment system much easier to work with and am getting a controlled stream of comments to my site, which is great.
I know that Google
Absolutely! And remember the goal is to add new post frequently to your site. So this shows more interaction between you and your readers. Over time you become an expert in your field. Go for it. Don't stop asking for comments!!
Yes (short answer). Longer answer, yes until you get enough organic traffic to get comments naturally. Your ranking in Google will improve as you get more comments. So keep asking for comments on every new post you write. ~Marion
Once you are engaging with customers/readers, you won't need to use the comments system here much, if at all. It's just to give you a head start with google rankings, because they love engagement and will show your site to more people.
So to cut it short, the more comments you get on each article or post the better.
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Hi all,
I've installed the Yoast SEO keyword tool which has really helped me to focus my SEO efforts, but I was wondering about the keyword density advice. The training that
I just do as training says and it looks more natural. In fact I often just put it in the 1st paragraph. I noticed that one of my pages was on page one yesterday but not my actual site. I don't sweat about rankings just now though as I still have a very long to do list!
I do one at the beginning and one in the last paragraph and when I post it ranks 2-7 within 3 days usually and hours if I fetch.
When you go to your Google account GWS go to the search section in the drop down menu and click the fetch. You are allowed to enter up to 100 URL address for Googles search engine per month to go fetch your latest post or page or something you edited and want indexed as fast as possible.
I tried it once with a new post and in 20 min the post was on page 4.
Hi Travis,
That's good to know - I'm still having issues with ranking at the moment, can't seem to get on the first page at all!
I wondered if it was due to my site being relatively new in Google terms or whether I was missing an SEO step.
Thanks for your input
Good luck and best wishes
John
I've used the fetch facility a couple of times, but still not seeing my rankings improve - the latest post I created had zero competition (absolutely no other websites had my keyword phrase) so I thought that would definitely hit the front page, but no success so far!
Need to revisit the lessons and work out my mistakes!
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Yoast seo tool keyword density?
Hi all,
I've installed the Yoast SEO keyword tool which has really helped me to focus my SEO efforts, but I was wondering about the keyword density advice. The training that
I just do as training says and it looks more natural. In fact I often just put it in the 1st paragraph. I noticed that one of my pages was on page one yesterday but not my actual site. I don't sweat about rankings just now though as I still have a very long to do list!
I do one at the beginning and one in the last paragraph and when I post it ranks 2-7 within 3 days usually and hours if I fetch.
When you go to your Google account GWS go to the search section in the drop down menu and click the fetch. You are allowed to enter up to 100 URL address for Googles search engine per month to go fetch your latest post or page or something you edited and want indexed as fast as possible.
I tried it once with a new post and in 20 min the post was on page 4.
Hi Travis,
That's good to know - I'm still having issues with ranking at the moment, can't seem to get on the first page at all!
I wondered if it was due to my site being relatively new in Google terms or whether I was missing an SEO step.
Thanks for your input
Good luck and best wishes
John
I've used the fetch facility a couple of times, but still not seeing my rankings improve - the latest post I created had zero competition (absolutely no other websites had my keyword phrase) so I thought that would definitely hit the front page, but no success so far!
Need to revisit the lessons and work out my mistakes!
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John, these errors are caused because the elements are not present in your theme code. Viewport is a meta tag in the page header. Without it, the other two issues will occur. I am not familiar with MH Newsdesk. Is it a "mobile-friendly" theme?
I believe it is, I was wondering though whether they held back some useful stuff for their paid version. I'm really not that attached to it so was thinking about changing it.
Thanks for your help!
John
Most theme companies do hold back a little on the free themes. However there are many themes that are " mobile-friendly." I tend to stay with the basic theme stuff as they load fast and Google likes it that way. Alex
http://backpackswithalex.siterubix.com
Hi Alex,
That sounds like good advice to me, I'll take a look at some other theme options and see if I can find a better one.
Thanks again
John
Just looked at your website on my phone and you're right, it loads super fast!